The posterior part is not part of the auditory cortex and it supports sensory-motor integration of the vocal tract actions [ 3].
The integration of multiple (vocal) cues might therefore enhance accurate and fast assessment of males and may thus be a prerequisite for successful reproduction [ 77, 78].
For the integration of orchestral and vocal writing, and for harmonic adventurousness, little in the Verdi canon compares with his final opera, "Falstaff".
The advertisement call may serve as long-range signal (Bee 2007), and integration of a pulsating vocal sac could facilitate localization in dense aggregations of concurrently calling individuals (Gomez et al. 2011; Taylor et al. 2011a, b).
Our observation that anatomical features of this region relate to fronto-temporal language lateralization in a developmental cohort suggest a critical role in language acquisition, most likely acting as an interface for the integration of sensory and vocal tract representations, important for articulation and phonological memory.
In our recent paper [19], we suggested that these regions may be increasingly recruited for audio-vocal integration as a function of vocal training and practice.
These patterns of fronto-temporal connectivity are considered in a theoretical model of vocal motor-sensory integration proposed by Guenther and colleagues [22], [24], [43].
A variety of experimental strategies have been used to explore the neural basis of this system and test theoretical models of vocal motor-sensory integration [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10].
Most of the recent advances in acoustic modelling rely on the integration of sophisticated techniques such as discriminative training, vocal tract normalization, or multiple system combination.
